Bellon History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Early Origins of the Bellon family

The surname Bellon was first found in Flintshire (Welsh: Sir y Fflint), a historic county, created after the defeat of the Welsh Kingdom of Gwynedd in 1284, and located in north-east Wales, where they held a family seat. The Celtic resistance north and south along the border of Wales and England was considerably increased after the Battle of Hastings in 1066. The Normans met more resistance from the Welsh than in the rest of England.

The Welsh fought from behind their hills and mountains and tenaciously held their ground. Finally, Edward I, to placate this founding nation, conferred the principality of Wales upon his eldest son, who became Edward II. This brought Wales into England as an equal while the King was alive, and integral part of the royal title when on the throne. Edward III confirmed and ll Princes of Wales were presented to the Welsh people at Caernarvon Castle. The language of the courts was French for the next three centuries and the Norman ambience prevailed. But Welsh surnames survived and the family name was first referenced in the 861 when Belyn held a family seat in Flint.

Early History of the Bellon family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Bellon research. Another 169 words (12 lines of text) covering the years 1455, 1487, 1510, 1535, 1574, 1584, 1600, 1613, 1615, 1622, 1666, 1677 and 1716 are included under the topic Early Bellon History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Bellon Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Belyn, Bellin, Belin, Bellyn, Bealing, Beeling, Belling, Beling, Bellings and many more.

Early Notables of the Bellon family

More information is included under the topic Early Bellon Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Bellon Ranking

In France, the name Bellon is the 2,172^nd most popular surname with an estimated 2,924 people with that name. 1

Migration of the Bellon family to Ireland

Some of the Bellon family moved to Ireland, but this topic is not covered in this excerpt.
Another 55 words (4 lines of text) about their life in Ireland is included in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Bellon migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Bellon Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Andres Bellon, who landed in Puerto Rico in 1871 2

Contemporary Notables of the name Bellon (post 1700) +

Pierre Bellon (1930-2022), French billionaire businessman, founder of Sodexo, a multinational food service and facilities management company
Marie-Annick "Yannick" Bellon (1924-2019), French film director, editor and screenwriter
Louis Henri Charles de Bellon de Sainte-Marguerite, French Brigadier General during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars from 1789 to 1815 3
Yagó Bellón (b. 1989), Swiss association footballer
Roger Bellon, French film, television, theatre, opera and dance composer, conductor
Damian Bellón (b. 1989), Swiss footballer

Citations +

http://www.journaldesfemmes.com/nom-de-famille/nom/
Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
Generals Who Served in the French Army during the Period 1789-1815. (Retrieved 2015, February 11) Louis Bellon. Retrieved from http://www.napoleon-series.org/research/c_frenchgenerals.html